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After Texas' blue wave, what happens to Elon Musk and SpaceX?

AIINEWS Editorial Board•technology
04 November, 2026•1 min read
After Texas' blue wave, what happens to Elon Musk and SpaceX?

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“Following his public disputes with California authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic, Elon Musk pe”

Key Takeaways

  • 1.Following his public disputes with California authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic, Elon Musk personally moved to Texas, outside of Austin, in 2020.
  • 2.Over the next six years, he doubled down on the Lone Star State.
  • 3.In 2021, Musk increasingly focused the Starship program in South Texas, urging SpaceX employees to move there and work on the company's future.

Following his public disputes with California authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic, Elon Musk personally moved to Texas, outside of Austin, in 2020. Over the next six years, he doubled down on the Lone Star State. In 2021, Musk increasingly focused the Starship program in South Texas, urging SpaceX employees to move there and work on the company's future. In March of that year, he began using the name Starbase to describe the production and launch facilities near the Rio Grande River. In 2023, he built a massive factory east of Austin to manufacture customer terminals and other electronics for the Starlink program. In July 2024, he announced that SpaceX would relocate its corporate headquarters from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas. He cited California's regulatory and political environment as the motivating factor. Read full article Comments

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